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Alphabet\u2019s Google Cloud on Thursday introduced the Gemini agent, a single AI agent for work \u200bthat can answer questions, handle tasks, create content \u200cand write code.<\/strong><\/p>\n The move comes as tech companies race to sell AI that can work autonomously.<\/p>\n The announcement comes after OpenAI\u2019s September \u200blaunch of always-on agents called dots that chase user \u200bgoals across apps on their own. Earlier last \u2060month, Meta released Muse, a personal AI agent that \u200bcan shop, book travel, send emails and make payments for \u200busers.<\/p>\n Alphabet shares were up marginally in early trading.<\/p>\n Here are more details:<\/strong><\/p>\n The Gemini agent plans the work, uses tools, connects to a company\u2019s \u200bbusiness systems and returns finished work in documents, \u200bemail and developer environments, Google said.<\/p>\n The agent works directly inside \u200cGoogle \u2060Workspace apps including Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Calendar, and can also be used through Microsoft 365 and Slack.<\/p>\n It picks the best model for each task, \u200bcurrently running on \u200bGoogle\u2019s Gemini \u2060models and Anthropic\u2019s Claude models, with other models to be added later.<\/p>\n Users can \u200bcreate \u201ccoworker agents\u201d that act as team \u200bmembers, \u2060with their own email address and access only to the information they are given.<\/p>\n Versions built for financial services \u2060and \u200blegal work are now in \u200bpreview, and versions for government, healthcare and retail are coming soon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n